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"DIEGO LUZURIAGA: ELEVEN SONGS".(Review)
Dana Hanchard
[] "DIEGO LUZURIAGA: ELEVEN SONGS" With Girolamo, guitar. Texts and translations. Fertile Ground Music 10294
Here's a sleeper. Diego Luzuriaga is not a famous composer, soprano Dana Hanchard is best-known as a Baroque specialist, and Fertile Ground Music is an exceptionally obscure label. But these Latin American songs are absolute charmers, and Hanchard's performances are exquisite.
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